The QMS Board of Governors are a group of dedicated volunteers who work together and oversee the governance of Queen Margaret’s School. They are ultimately responsible for the strategic direction of the school.
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In 2015 the QMS PA raised over $25,000 in directed fundraising for our school. These funds are being allocated to a new Atom Ball Pit, upgrades to sound system in Founders’ Hall, and a new electronic sign for the school’s entrance.
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Gala 2015 was a resounding success. A special thank you to the 2015 Gala Committee for the tireless hours spent securing donations for both the silent and live auctions.
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After graduating from the University of Toronto, I began my career in the engineering consulting field, specializing in equipment/system design & analyses for the nuclear power generating industries.
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Since graduating from QMS in 1987, I went on to pursue a B.A. and B.Ed. from UBC and UVic respectively. In 2006, I had the opportunity to start a winery on my family’s property.
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Upon QMS I came to Queen’s to study physics, which interested me throughout high school. After I finish my undergrad I hope to continue my studies at grad school in Medical Physics, specifically in radiation therapy.
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After graduation in 1994, I went on to study at the University of Victoria. I started a career advertising. In 2008, I teamed up with my child-hood friend, Emily Clements, to start Adage Studio in the Cowichan Valley.
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The QMS Grad Class of 2015 received over $250,000 in scholarship offers.
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The year was 1956—Grace Kelly became a princess, Doris Day sang “Que Sera, Sera,” the first episode of “As the World Turns” was broadcast on television, the Winter Olympics took place in Italy…
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The QMS Parents’ Association is celebrating another successful year of fun-raising and fundraising. The school year started with the annual PA Wine & Cheese in September…
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Students from my generation and each successive class were there to commemorate the Class of 2015 and their accomplishments. It was the embodiment of our three-linked chain: past with present, joining future.
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Starting in 2016, QMS students in Grades 1–4 will have the opportunity to be recognized for their love of reading or art via two new awards: The Margaret Alexander Bookworm Award and The Margaret Alexander Budding Artist Award.
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“Connecting the arts and education by developing mutual awareness, respect and appreciation” is one of the fundamental goals of the Artists in the Classroom program.
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Being a student at Queen Margaret’s School means many things to me; it means challenging yourself, excelling to the best of your ability, but most importantly, contributing to your community by providing service for others.
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For a school like Queen Margaret’s, Internet technology is used daily to help teachers and student push the boundaries of what can be accomplished in their learning opportunities, both collaboratively and individually.
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Thanks in part to a generous donation by alumna Lea Burburuz (1958-1960), Queen Margaret’s School has purchased two portable automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). Placed in two central high-traffic, public areas in the school (the gymnasium and the Residence Atrium), these readily accessible AEDs are an integrated part of the school’s commitment to protecting the welfare of its students, staff and community.
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For many QMS students, the face of the school is the first one that greets them in the morning and the last one to say goodbye to them each afternoon. It’s not their teacher, their principal, or their friends. It’s their bus driver.
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“What is an archives?” That is a question that was posed to our young students this year in a video prepared for our annual Gala. Here are a sample of answers: “It’s a whole bunch of art.” “Umm…a cave?” “Where they put the records away.” “An Archives is where all the things from the school and people from the school in the past are kept.”
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To a young student, words such as heritage, legacy and service are just that—words. They hold no meaning … yet.
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Grade 12 student Tara Cooper was nominated for a Schulich Leader Scholarship. Launched in 2012, this $100 million program funds only 50 undergraduate scholarships each year, allowing promising students up to $80,000 to pursue their dreams and become innovation leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Tara was selected by Dalhousie University as their 2015 Schulich Award winner for Engineering.
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